Gate.



NO MODEL.

R. W. ALLSUP.

GATE.

PATBNTBD 09T. 95, 1994.

APPLICATION FILED JUN 28.1904.

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ments i-n Gates, of which the following is a tion, cheapen cost of manufacture, provide 'for readilyrmaking the gate, and to promote Patented October`25, 1904.

PATENT i OFFICE.

RALPH W. ALLSUP, OF NEW LONDON, IOWA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,996, dated October 25, 1904.

Application flied June 28, 1904.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.- L

Be it known that I, RALPH W. ALLsUr, a citizen 'of the UnitedStates, residing at New London, in the county of Henry and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvespecification. y

My invention relates tovimprovements'inv gates, more especially the horizontally-swinging type.-

It has for its object to simplify construcfacility and convenience in the hanging of the same. A

It consists of certain structural features, as well as the combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, and particularly pointed out bythe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrate ing the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure lis an elevation of the latter. Fig. 2 is a cross-section' taken on the line m m of Fig. l. Fig, 3 is a broken section pro- Fig. 4 is a view showing certain disassociated parts or members of one of the hinges of the gate, and Fig. 5 is a view showing the slat rear-end securing members orparts also disassembled. f

In the carrying out of my invention I construct the gate generally of longitudinal slats l, which may be light and spaced short intervals apart and secured in proper relative position'by parallel transverse bars 2 and 2L 2l), also by duplicate parallel bars or braces 3 ex tending from and between diagonally opposite corners of -the gate, the bars 2 being secured in duplicate laterally at the forward end and at aboutthe mid-length of said gate, respectively, as presently fully disclosed. Said bars 2, both at the forward end of the gate and at its mid-length, are of right-angled construction in cross-section, the inner arms of each pair of opposed bars are united and bolted to the respective gate-slats by common bolts and nuts 4, while the other or outstanding arms of saidbars serve to brace and give rigidity to the inner arms, accordingly brac- Serial. No. 214,489. (No model.)

ing the gate generally. The bars 2 2b are also united and bolted laterally to the respec- Hinge members 6 6rb are applied laterally to thetop and bottom gate-slats at the usual points, as the rear corner edges thereof, and each comprises a bent metal strap 6a, forming a yoke 6b, with its inner end portions or terminals embracing and suitably bolted to the opposite surfaces of the gate-Slat and similarly to the bars 2 2b. Said yoke eX- tends a suitable distance beyond the rear edge or end of the gate to effect connection with and receive the other or pintle member of the hinge, (not shown,) projecting or secured, as well understood, from the post (not shown) provided for that purpose. It will be noted that the lateral rear-edge extension 2X of the bar 2b is thus by the application of the hinge members 6 6u to the bars 2u 2b, as abovev described, caused to form the inner end walls of the openings of the yokes 6 6". Also arranged within each yoke 6 are a removable Lshaped filling-in block 7 and a correspondingly-shaped bearing-block 7, having a concaved or curved surface presented toward or facing the like surface of said yoke, said bearing-block and the latter thus forming an eye for the reception of the pintle member of the hinge, as above noted. y By having the illing-in blocks and the bearing-blocks I shape, flanges are furnished thereon at their upper and lower ends. as at 7b, projecting beyond the upper and lower edges of the yoke 61 to effect the holding of said blocks in proper position in the latter without the use of separate securing means, as would otherwise be required. The iillingein blocks may be wedged outward and in the direction of the bearingblocks or others of greater cross-section sub- IOO 4use for compensating such wear, and the hinges they may be changed as circumstances sugstituted therefor as the latter wear away in thus be constantly kept in repair in this respect, as Will be readily appreciated.

The oblique braces 3 are suitably bolted up With the end bars 2 and 2 2b, also with the upper hinge member 6 to the bottom and top gate-slats, as they may be also to the intermediate gate-slats.

Latitude is allowed as to details herein, as

gest Without departing from the spirit of my invention and the latter still be protected.

l. A gate having' rear-end transverse bars, one having a rear-edge lateral extension lapping that end of said gate and hinge members having the inner end Walls of their pintle-re ceiving sockets or openings formed by said lateral extension, and bearing and filling-in l blocks arranged in said hinge members inward of the position occupied by the pintle members.

2. A gate having rear-end transverse bars, one having a rear-edge lateral extension, and

hinge members, the inner end walls ol theirr pmtle-receivmg openings ormed by said lat- B. R. Lenoir, S. E. REQUA. 

